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Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald
I think it actually is something else. One: cheapness. Two: customer complaints about dark pictures.
Look carefully at both the CT-100 DC restorer circuit and the results on screen.
It does not do full DC restoration .. by intent! Its, if I remember rightly,
somewhere between 75 and 85%. This produces a bit extra brightness on
dark scenes, which the customers actually liked better. In fact, **I** still like it better, even in my dark room.
Of course, back in the day at least for live TV ... there were no dark pictures! Producers made sure that their shows didn't have any, and TV stations avoided black screens like the plaque. I supposed telecined movies did get dark scenes through though.
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ISTR some soap (dark shadows?) from the 50s had black backgrounds and would illuminate the characters and maybe the table they were sitting at to make it look like they were floating in the void.